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PA EPA TO REISSUE STORM WATER PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES
Release Date: 07/03/97
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1997
EPA TO REISSUE STORM WATER PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES
EPA will reissue, with proposed changes, its general storm water permit for construction sites. The l987 amendments to the Clean Water Act require EPA to control storm water discharges; EPA issued final rules for major dischargers in 1990. In September l992, EPA began requiring storm water permits for construction sites disturbing five or more acres. The five-year general permit is due to expire in September l997. Proposed revisions to the permit involve improvements in clarity and certain new requirements. The most significant proposed requirements include expanded conditions to protect endangered and threatened species and new conditions to protect historic properties. The proposed Construction General Permit was published in the Federal Register on June 2. Public comments on the proposed permit will be accepted through August 1. Public hearings will be held through July in Boston, Mass.; Portland, Maine; Concord, N.H.; Houston, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Dallas, Texas; Phoenix, Ariz.; Boise, Idaho; Seattle,Wash.; and Anchorage, Alaska. For additional information, the general public can call EPA’s Water Resources Center at 202-260-7786 or via the Internet at https://www.epa.gov/owmitnet/pipes/storm.htm or at https://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6en/w/sw/home.htm.
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